Device for drying boots



(NoMqdeL) W. G. OOPPIN.

DEVICE FOR DRYING BOOTS.

No. 426,111. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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VALTER G. COFFIN, OF SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR DRYING BOOTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,111, dated April22, 1890.

Application filed September 6, 1889. Serial No. 323,150. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg, concern.-

Be it known that I, IVALTER G. COFFIN, of Seekonk, in the county ofBristol, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Devices for Drying Boots; and I declare thefollowing to be a specification thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection on the line 00 a; of Fig. 1.

My invention is a device for drying boots or shoes; and it consists of asheet metal base having tubes opening into said base and extendingvertically therefrom, tubes of shorter length, but greater diameter,each surrounding concentrically one of the first-1nentioned tubes,respectively, and secured thereto by bolts, an arch fastened. to eachouter tube and projecting upwardly over the corresponding inner tube,and a metallic plate held by said outer tubes and extending horizontallyand parallel to said base,as hereinafter more particularly specified,

In the drawings the base is represented as made of the top plate A andthe sides or flanges B. It rests on the lower edge of said side piecesB, and is open at the bottom. The top plate A has two holes or openings,and tubes 0 O extend therefrom 'ertically. They may be slightly taperingin form, and are secured by riveting to the base-plate, as shown at a,or in any other suitable manner. A plate D has two openings larger thanthe openings of the plate A, but correspondingly located, and two tubesE E, of larger diameter than the tubes 0, extend therefrom vertically.They also should be tapering in form, if the tubes G are shaped so, andare riveted to the plate D by riveting, as shown at b, or in any otherproper manner. Bolts F, passing through the tubes 0 O E E, fasten themtogether, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the plate D is parallel with theplate A and raised above it about one and a half inch, and the tubes Eare respectively concentric with the tubes 0. The tubes 0 extend abovethe top edge of the tubes E, and are perforated in their exposed part,as seen at c in Fig. 1, An

arch G, riveted to each tube E, as shown at (1, extends verticallyupward above the tubes 0 E.

The parts are made of sheet metal, and the device is intended to beplaced upon a stove and to convey heat into the boots to dry the same.

The boot is inverted and placed upon one of the arches G, which supportsit, and the boot-leg extends down over the tube E. The heat of thestove, which is collected in the base, rises through the tube C andpasses out of the top and through the perforations c of said tube intothe boot and dries iton the in side. The plate D, being elevated aconsiderable distance above the plate A of the base, permits the freecirculation of air between said plates, so that the upper one is keptC0111- paratively cool, while the lower one, when in use, is necessarilyhot. The plate D therefore protects the top edges and legs of the boots,which extend down outside the tube E, from being injured by the heat, asthey otherwise would be on account of their proximity to the heated baseand stove-top. The tubes E, surrounding the tubes C, have a similarfunction. The inner space between said tubes 0 E allows currents of airto pass through and keeps the outside tubes sufiieiently cool so thatthe boot-legs are not injured by the heat,

as they would be if directly in contact with or exposed to the heatedfines or tubes C. The arch G furnishes a convenient support for the footof the boot inside. Being elevated above the mouth of the tube 0, it isitself always at a sufliciently low temperature, but holds the boot insuch a position as to facilitate the entrance of the hot-air currentsfrom below, as well as the passage of air out of the boot into theexternal atmosphere.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent- In a device for drying boots, the combina tion ofa base-platehaving flanges or supports and provided with circular openings, tubesfastened to said base-plate surrounding said openings, respectively, andextending vertically upward therefrom, a plate having circular openingsand located above and parallel to the said base-plate, tubes extendingupwardly from the circular openings of said I passing through said outerand inner tubes, upper plate and arranged to inclose and sursubstantially as specified. round concentrically said tubes from thebaseplate, respectively, an arch secured to the up- 5 per extremity ofeach of the outer tubes and Witnesses:

projecting above the open ends of the outer WARREN R. PERCE, tube andits companion inner tube, and bolts DANIEL WV. FINK.

WALTER G. COFFIN.

